Job 4:3
Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
In Context
2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
4Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Ezra 6:22and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Jehovah had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
Proverbs 16:21The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Isaiah 50:4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Luke 22:32but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.
Matthew Henry on Job 4:2-7
The Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, 2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? 3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the… Read the whole commentary →